08-16-22
LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE ON HIS FIRST DAY BACK ON THE JOB AFTER GOING THROUGH REHABILITATON FOR ALCOHOL ABUSE AND P-T-S-D. GUILLORY DEFENDED HIS DECISION TO CONTINUE STAYING ON THE JOB BY STAYING IN CONTACT WITH HIS LEADERSHIP TEAM WHILE GOING THROUGH REHAB. HE SAID THE PEOPLE ELECTED HIM, HIS POLICIES AND THOUGHTS AND IDEAS AND THEY DESERVED THOSE INITIATIVES TO GO FORWARD. GUILLORY AND THE PARISH AND CITY COUNCILS ARE STILL WAITING FOR AN OPINION FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ON WHETHER HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER WHILE IN REHAB.
A VERMILLION PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY HAS BEEN BOOKED WITH D-W-I. LIEUTENANT SCOTT DAVIS OF ERATH WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON L-A EIGHTY-NINE, NORTH OF L-A FOURTEEN, JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY. STATE TROOPERS DETERMINED DAVIS WAS IMPAIRED AND ARRESTED HIM. THE VERMILLION PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS PLACED DAVIS ON LEAVE PENDING AN INTERNAL REVIEW.
THE THREE ABORTION CLINICS IN LOUISIANA HAVE ANNOUNCED PLANS TO MOVE BECAUSE OF THE ABORTION BAN IN THE STATE THAT WAS TRIGGERED BY THE SUPREME COURT’S RULING OVERTURNING ROE-V-WADE. THAT MEANS LOUISIANA WILL BE WITHOUT AN ABORTION CLINIC FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS. THE SHREVEPORT CLINIC PLANS TO MOVE TO AN ABORTION-FRIENDLY STATE, ACCORDING TO SUPPORTERS WHO STARTED A GOFUNDME PAGE. THE WOMEN’S HEALTH CARE CENTER IN NEW ORLEANS AND THE DELTA CLINIC OF BATON ROUGE, WHICH HAVE THE SAME OWNER, ALSO PLANS ON MOVING.
A LAKE CHARLES WOMAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN THE DEATH OF HER BABY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD IVY L. LEE FLAGGED DOWN SOME CALCASIEU PARISH DEPUTIES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ENTERPRISE AND BROAD STREET BECAUSE HER BABY GIRL WASN’T BREATHING, AND THEY PERFORMED LIFE SAVING MEASURES, BUT THE BABY DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. AFTER TELLING DIFFERENT STORIES, LEE ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED TO LEAVING THE BABY IN HER VEHICLE FOR ABOUT FIVE HOURS WHILE SHE WAS AT WORK AND DEPUTIES FOUND MARIJUANA IN THE VEHICLE. LEE WAS BOOKED ON CHARGES OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA AND HER BOND WAS SET AT ONE-POINT-TWO MILLION.
A LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE AND DRAGGED IN DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING IS SHOWING SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT. DOCTORS WERE ABLE TO WAKE OFFICER BRIAN ROZAS ON MONDAY AND HE WAS ABLE TO SQUEEZE HIS HANDS, WIGGLE HIS TOES AND SHAKE HIS HEAD IN ANSWER TO QUESTIONS. THE POLICE ASSOCIATION OF LAFAYETTE SAYS ROZAS HAS A FEVER BUT DOCTORS BELIEVE IT IS A RESULT OF THE TRAUMA AND NOT AN INFECTION. TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD JAYLIN CHAVIS OF LAKE CHARLES WAS ARRESTED ON NUMEROUS CHARGES IN THE INCIDENT INCLUDING ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND O-W-I FIRST OFFENSE.
A SUSPECT’S VEHICLE HAS BEEN LOCATED IN A DEADLY HIT-AND-RUN PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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MORE THAN ONE IN FIVE CHARTER SCHOOLS IN LOUISIANA FAILED TO MEET ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR LOW INCOME STUDENTS, ACCORDING TO A REPORT ISSUED BY LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR MIKE WAGUESPACK. HE NOTED THAT THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS MEETING THE REQUIREMENT ROSE BY ELEVEN PERCENTAGE POINTS FROM THE TWENTY-SIXTEEN-SEVENTEEN SCHOOL YEAR. SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION CADE BRUMLY SAYS THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NOT MEETING ENROLLMENT RULES IS THE LOWEST EVER. MOST CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE REQUIRED TO ENROLL EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE RATE OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS FROM THE AREAS THEY SERVE.
THE MIRE BRANCH WATER CORPORATION ISSUED A BOIL ADVISORY YESTERDAY. IT APPLIES TO CUSTOMERS ON MECHE ROAD WITH ADDRESSES BETWEEN ONE THOUSAND-TWO AND TWELVE-SEVENTY-FIVE. THE ADVISORY WAS ISSUED AFTER THE CORPORATION HAD TO SHUT OFF WATER TO PERFORM A LINE REPAIR. THE BOIL ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL SAMPLES COME BACK CLEAR.
